India vs New Zealand first ODI match was played in Vadodara. During this match, there was a debate among the commentators regarding the Hindi language. Actually, former cricketer Sanjay Bangar was a part of the Hindi commentary panel during the first ODI match. While commenting, he called Hindi the national language of India, which has created an uproar.
Hindi is the national language, ruckus over commentator’s statement
This incident happened in the 13th over of the match, when the New Zealand team was batting. Washington Sundar was bowling beautifully in that over, but KL Rahul was not happy with his pace. Varun Aaron was also a part of the Hindi commentary panel, who told that Rahul and Sundar spoke in Tamil language. Aaron told that KL Rahul was saying that Sundar was bowling at the speed of any medium pace bowler.
While commentating, Varun Aaron asked a question whether Washington Sundar understands Tamil language better. Meanwhile, Sanjay Bangar said that the southern states of India pay more attention to regional languages. Bangar also said that Hindi also has great importance and it is the national language.
There is an uproar on social media regarding this comment of Sanjay Bangar. Hindi is one of the official languages ​​of India, but many people trolled Sanjay Bangar fiercely for keeping wrong facts.
India won the first ODI by 4 wickets
The first ODI match between India and New Zealand was played in Vadodara. The Indian team won the toss and invited the Kiwi team to bat first. New Zealand scored 300 runs playing first. In response, Team India won the match by 4 wickets in 49 overs. Virat Kohli scored 93 runs, while captain Shubman Gill also played a half-century of 56 runs.
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